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If you could remaster three cd's...
Top of mind: Joni Mitchell "Song to a Seagull", Jefferson Airplane "Volunteers", and Dave Liebman "Lookout Farm", but I'd settle for that last one just to be released on CD. None are great fidelity, so a little remastering improvement would be wel... 
Dunlavy Cantatas What Power Amp?
They used Aloia with their bigger speakers. They had the Cantatas and the Alethas in a differet room and were using two sets of amplification: Rowland and some stuff builts a friend of John Dunlavy, Paris somebody, who was there helping out with t... 
Theta GenVa Upgrade
Re: the original post, check out the Dodson. In your price range and probably about as good as it gets save for the pricier dCS combos. 
Levinson in Lexus
If you bought the car just a couple of weeks ago. maybe the system isn't broken in yet. 
Aleph Owners and Users...
So Tom, when you say you are using the 3's a monoblocks, does that mean you are doing a vertical bi-amp arrangement, splitting the input into two channels and driving the bass with one and the mid/tweet with the other channel? 
Album of the year?
Agree about Shelby Lynne, it really is terrific. Also David Gray's "White Ladder". 
dCS vs. Dodson DACs
By the way, I ended up getting the Dodson, but it was a tough call. I think dCS is a terrific company and well worth hitching one's wagon to. The Dodson DAC is wonderful and better priced, but not as future-proof. 
Audio Critic 10 lies>>>>>>>>>>
Thank you! 
Ayre V3 owners. What preamp do you use?
The impedence mis-match you need to pay attention to is the preamp's OUTPUT impedence and the Ayre's input impedence. The Ayre, at 10K ohms, is definitely on the low side.You want a preamp with an output impedence of 1K ohms or less, as I understa... 
Audio Critic 10 lies>>>>>>>>>>
What I don't need from this site are lectures on how to live my life or pursue my hobby. 
Red Rose or Audio Prism?
I've been to the Red Rose shop in New York. Both of their rooms at CES last week sounded similar and excellent. One may have been tricked out (at the SACD pavillion), but the other I think was not. 
Best speaker for rock music
Avalon's webiste is perpetually out of date is just all around lame-o. 
Audio Critic 10 lies>>>>>>>>>>
Anubody willing to post the 10 lies? 
SACD Players
Anyone know if the 9000ES has Redbook CD digital out? Not clear from the literature I saw. 
Avantgarde Uno Loudspeakers: Comments?
After calling Khrys a girl, I'd say you may have a bit more backpedaling to do, Treed. Most women take offense.